Just a thought, with the silly-season looming, how many outsiders in Melbourne (or Victoria) might be interested in getting together for a cool Beer and talk Marklin sometime later in December or January?

Happy to have it at ours (Essendon area) or elsewhere.

Alternatively, does anyone here belong to an active MR club already where an additional guest or three would be welcome.

Just a thought, with the silly-season looming, how many outsiders in Melbourne (or Victoria) might be interested in getting together for a cool Beer and talk Marklin sometime later in December or January?

Happy to have it at ours (Essendon area) or elsewhere.

Alternatively, does anyone here belong to an active MR club already where an additional guest or three would be welcome.

Just throwing some ideas out.

Cheers

Steve

The FD and I might be interested -- we've got lots of FF points, and have never been to Melbourne. We could make a mini holiday of it!

The FD and Self will be in the deep south of Australia last weekend in January. We MAY be available for something on Saturday.

NN

wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now have a new shiny tin Hip that is badly in Need of Repair Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around

The meeting seems like a great idea but unfortunately I wouldnt be able to make it this time around as i would be in India for my brother's wedding. Kindly have many more of these meetings in the future as it is a great learning experience for a newbie like me.

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Originally Posted by: Maverick

The meeting seems like a great idea but unfortunately I wouldnt be able to make it this time around as i would be in India for my brother's wedding. Kindly have many more of these meetings in the future as it is a great learning experience for a newbie like me.

What stops you for bringing your brother and the wedding party to the get-together ?

The FD and Self will be in the deep south of Australia last weekend in January. We MAY be available for something on Saturday.

NN

I thought you didn't like mixing with Mexicans Nev!

Be happy to have you in custody- this side of the border!

REmember I am originally from Sleepy Hollow who won the Grand final this year AGAINmust call down occasionally to see the relliesNN

wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now have a new shiny tin Hip that is badly in Need of Repair Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around

Wow, not only a Märklin connoisseur and lover , but a Cats fan as well .

Nev you are the coolest.

Go the Cats

Them is the greatest.

Carn the Cats.

wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now have a new shiny tin Hip that is badly in Need of Repair Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around

I am interested in some kind of catch up or running day, with no layout currently I need somewhere to run my trains :O

No worries, only a slight hiccup here, since proposing a get-together we have decided to move house and that will be taking place around 20th January.

I have my grandson here for the two coming weekends and then we move so it will be later January if that suits people - perhaps weekend of 28/29th Jan (Sat or Sun afternoon) ??

We are moving to Taylor's Lakes which is only about 10 minutes drive from Essendon, but unfortunately not near the Tram route (I will miss that convenience) although the Train station is less than 1km away so only a few minutes walk.

Sorry Cookee, apologies, that is the weekend I will be in the area but have a family PDE in Geelong Sat and Sunday. Was originally SUnday now 2 days.

Hope you get a good turn up.

NN

wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now have a new shiny tin Hip that is badly in Need of Repair Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around

Now, as per my previous post, we are moving house. And when I proposed the weekend of 28/29th I did not realise that many people would be making a long weekend of it.

Realising this we thought it was a great opportunity to get away ourselves, either to Bendigo or Sovereign Hill which I'm told is a must-do while we're here. Otherwise I would have probably shot down to Geelong for the model railway exhibition down there.

I still have to see if I can get Friday off but if I can then we'll probably take advantage of it.

This being the case, how is a weekend in early-mid Feb going to work??

If anyone has a preference please let me know because I'd like to accommodate as many interested people as I can and if a particular weekend doesn't suit only one person then it's easy to work around it and find another.

Steve thanks for the info on the Geelong Model show. I think I will be able to get there for about 2 hours either on Saturday or Sunday.

NN

wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now have a new shiny tin Hip that is badly in Need of Repair Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around

And people here moan about our admission prices to Railex..........and we have Marklin!

Yeah, although to be fair, they do include a free copy of the Magazine (link) which is actually quite a good read and is itself $5.00 cover price.

I've been to all the shows I can here, have not yet purchased a magazine and yet a have a year's worth of issues and only one double-up so far. It's not actually too bad of a deal, but then I'm comparing that against all the other rip-offs in Melbourne where a half-decent time will cost you a half-decent paypacket!!

wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now have a new shiny tin Hip that is badly in Need of Repair Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around

Steve, good for me if we can get others interested and make it a mini-event! lol

Excellent Glenn,

Well that's two of us and I'm happy if just one makes it so any additions are a bonus.

Do you have a preference for Saturday or Sunday?

We're easy either way

Cheers

Cookee

Steve, preferably Saturday. As Tivvy asked- do you have your layout up and running(I'm sure it would have been set-up first after you moved)- I can bring some locos over for the event!

PM with your details etc.. and I'll send you my mobile number.

CHeerz

I've got the shop display layout that I've be refurbishing, see my link which includes a short you tube video

The layout is circuit divided into three ovals, I can run analogue or Digital - I have a a standard blue controller, a Digital 6022 and my Intellibox, plus a wireless Infra-red controller similar to Delta which was a bit of fun to play with.

The layout runs automatically and is supposed to have a separate controller for each circuit, mainly to give independant speed control for the characteristics of each loco - it 'can' run all three off the one Blue controller but then you get one loco too fast and one too slow.

If I have all digital Lok's running then that is less of an issue.

It's a relatively small layout, 1m x 2m, so looong trains will run but the loco will be looking at their tail light on the curves (something about the bird of paradise???)

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